Winchester Star notices and service details
The Evening Star from Winchester Virginia lists delivery notes and circulation details for subscribers and asks readers to report delays. It also includes a biblical quotation from Acts 1 4.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1943
Page
4
The Evening Star from Winchester Virginia lists delivery notes and circulation details for subscribers and asks readers to report delays. It also includes a biblical quotation from Acts 1 4.
The American Bible Society meets May 13 in New York City to discuss expanded distribution as war opens new paths for scripture. The Bible nears record reach at home and abroad, guiding armed men and civilians amid global turmoil and longing for spiritual restoration.
Reprinted Richmond editorial notes President Roosevelt and Secretary Ickes will press a hard line against inflation. It sees a coming clash with John L Lewis as the administration seeks to hold the line, while Bates’ stance is described as largely meaningless.
The piece argues officials may be preparing to grant UMW members a 15 percent pay rise since 1941, with proposals like a six day week or portal to portal pay. It warns of a possible Lewis dominance if the White House yields and calls for a nationwide protest to prevent an abdication to John L. Lewis.
Stockholm May 10 Baron Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Mannerheim has resumed command of Finnish troops after returning from Switzerland announced officially. He had left for Switzerland about three weeks ago to recuperate from illness.
In a tense college room drama Agatha Clemantine and her allies plan to steal a radio tube from Dr Hill. Willard the blind student unexpectedly offers help but Dr Hill discovers the break in and the trio hides in a closet as a police citation looms.
Mrs. Ida M. Humphries of Winchester Va defends dogs against cruelty in a Star Voice of the People letter. She urges humane treatment, notes dogs guard, assist the blind, and deserve exercise and respect, urging the council to act before it is too late.
The reader is asked to answer seven questions then turn to Page 2 for correct answers. Questions cover a Paris motor works bombed site, a founder of the Smithsonian, Grant offspring, the theater of King William's War, Edith Cavell's profession, and a herb species.
The questions ask if glower is known as balladonna or prima donna and include inquiries about mail expedite phrasing, the nickname Jack, a definition of copra, and a term for naturalizing an alien into an American citizen.
A poem speaks of gazing at a guiding star and loving devotion, comparing a star to a steady light. It mentions a symbolic star and a bright ideal. The text also notes a Belgian tea substitute made from chopped leaves of several berries and plants.
The piece discusses President Roosevelt's remark on a possible year of national service for youths after the war and how it echoes ideas from William James and pacifist influence. It notes experiments in 1941 at Camp William James and critiques by Rep Engel and Dorothy Thompson, with doubts about the plan's practicality and political reception.
Reports observe that the famous horse Alsab returned to racing at Pimlico and won the Preakness Stakes. In other notes, Handley High School completed a junior first aid course led by Miss Nancy Larrick and Miss Elizabeth Massie.
Ten years ago more than 250 people perished as the seventh in a series of major tornadoes battered the south since March. Stocks and staple prices rose on the crest of a new buying wave. Japanese planes dropped handbills over Peiping urging Chinese to break from Chiang Kai-Shek.
Twenty years ago the city donated land on city hall grounds for a memorial to Dr G L Miller and planned a drinking fountain nearby. The article notes little damage from a cold wave to fruit across Maryland West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Mr Marshal Baker gifts a life size portrait of his father the late Wm H Baker to Friendship Fire Company. The donor pledges a notable gift in presenting the portrait seeking public admiration.
Forty years ago Capt Luther W Pearl conductor on B and O Railroad was run over and killed at North Mountainedburg. Evie Tucker McGuire entertains with a tea in honor of her house guest Miss Eleanor Brown of New York. Mr Richard Gray is elected delegate to Potomac Synod which will convene in Salisbury N C in October.
information received that the Spanish fleet has returned to Cadiz Spain. Mr FP H Gibson editor of the Winchester Press fishes book of poems Clara and other
The writer argues that pursuing reassurance and appeasement invites aggression, predicting war would result from weakness in our ideals. They contend fascism and communism would have changed Mr. James's view on peace, suggesting his essay would differ under harsher conditions.
In a column discussing diet and health, the text argues protein is vital to life and outlines minimal requirements, noting variations by age and weight. It compares animal and plant proteins, highlighting completeness of amino acids and absorption issues with legumes, while stressing meat as a primary protein source.
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